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by goodpoint 1065 days ago
No HTML and no HTTP would be even better, unironically.
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right, because FTP was working just fine.
Telnet was clearly better.
well, obviously!

just the other day i logged into a MUD which presented me with an interactive world with a graphical map in color. the same MUD has a built-in http server so it can display the same information with the interactive and feature rich, yet compact telnet interface, as well as the round-trip heavy and verbose http/html interface.